Mozambique jumps 17 places to the 113th out of the 140 countries covered by the DHL Global Connectedness Index, according to its latest report.

The annual index maintains the upward trend since the DHL published the report in 2005.

The logistics company DHL takes over a million data points measuring international flows of trade, capital, information and migration to develop an index of how far countries are integrated into the world economy.

In this year's report, the DHL says the Netherlands is the most connected country, followed by Singapore and Luxembourg.

Mauritius is the most integrated country in Africa, taking the 46th place, South Africa the 48th, Angola the 90th and Madagascar 107th.

The world's least connected country is Burundi, with the Central African Republic being next to last.

There are several countries not covered by the index, including Swaziland, Lesotho, Tanzania and both Congos.

The main finding of the DHL report is that globalization has stalled. The international financial crisis has severely affected investment and trade, with the result that the world as a whole is slightly more globally connected than it was in 2005 and notably less connected than it was in 2007. Endi

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